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My branch, TGWU Cowley dustrial support to the NGA, resolation for the conference action in their defence, and for a recall TUC. The branch from talks with the governJoin the Labour Committee on Ireland. BM Box 5355, London WCIN 3XX THE CONFERENCE called by the Communist Party controlled Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions this Saturday is on typical LCDTU lines.

There is no indication of what thé conference is designed to achieve except for a vague reference to the anti-union laws.

As usual the 'discussion' is to be around a 'declaration' which will not he coen hefore the dav want saraJ and will not be open for amend- for:

Assembly Plant 5/293 sent agenda calling for a campaign received a letter back saying ment"

By Thornett that resolutions will not be taken and therefore it will not appear in the agenda.

The resolution reads: ''This conference calls for an emergency TUC conference to discuss support for the NGA and the situation concerning the lebbit and Prior legislation. At that conference we would campaign including support for strike • For the TUC to withdraw February 1982, Leyland Vehicles workers lost 4100 jobs. The reluctance of the strike leadership to spread the struggle to the BL cars division led them to defeat.

But those 4100 were not the end of it. Now Leyland has announced a further major jobcuts programme.

1057 will go in Glasgow, Leyland (Lancashire), and Watford, plus probably more at the Bathgate (Scotland) plant.

Since 1978 Leyland Vehicles' workforce has gone down from 28,000 to 15,000. Output has declined in parallel, from 31,000 in 1983.

The most dramatic decline has been in exports. Leyland used to export half its annual output. Last year it exported only 25%. Exports are barely a quarter of their previous level.

Nigeria used to be Leyland's biggest market, taking 1300 trucks in 1982. In 1983, hit by crisis, it took 100.

Everything points towards Leyland continuing its rundown.

Mick Coyne, strike leader at Leyland in 1982, commented. "We put in the extra effort as requested but we have been kicked in the teeth."

full slate from either left or right has been elected since secret ballots for the position were introduced in 1974.

It was also a very decisive victory, with over 200 votes between the lowest vote on the left slate and the highest on the Right slate.

The results were: Andy Brown 674; Tom White 657; Jack Fry 608 voles; Bernard Moss 536; Robert Cullen 528; and Perry Cullen 527.

The unsuccesstul candidates were: Peter Boyles 318; Albert Paintin. 293: Frank Corti 267; Tony Whalley 246; Roy Brough 197 and Bob Mortimer 169.

Perry Cullen and Andy Brown were two of the four stewards victimised by British Leyland who withdrew recognition of their positions in 1976. They were eventually successfully defended Toin White was the right wing siate as well as the left wing slate. SHOP sewards representing all' manual a d staff workers at Ford's Dagenham complex voted last weekend (Sunday January 20) to give full support for a strike called ai all 24 UK plants from F. bruary 13.

This decision is likely to be pui to a mass meeting of all